Results 28,061-28,080 of 35,914 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (6 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 276. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to introduce post offices in large supermarket chains; if he will consider allowing a local shop to operate a post office in certain cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20207/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (6 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 304. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent Environmental Protection Agency report on drinking water in County Donegal; the measures he will take to ensure compliance with the recommendations of the report; his views on the details of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20229/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (6 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the appeal of a person (details supplied) in respect of the amount of money paid to them under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20205/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (6 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the amount of funding allocated to each day centre in County Donegal over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20203/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (6 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 417. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make funding available to day centres in County Donegal in order that they may carry out works to ensure full accessibility of wheelchair users to their premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20204/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Travel Subsidy Scheme (6 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 418. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of the scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance scheme; when the new scheme will be put in place; his views on whether it is acceptable that a new scheme has yet to be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20224/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Status (6 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out his plans to reopen the swimming pool programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20206/14]

Order of Business (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Permanent TSB recently announced that it is to raise its standard variable rate for mortgage holders. As the Tánaiste is aware, this bank is 100% State owned. It is introducing an additional charge so that the variable rate will move up to 4.5% from 9 June. No. 89 on the Order Paper is the Interest Rate Approval Bill, a Bill I drafted on behalf of Sinn Féin. This would require...

Order of Business (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Government support the moving of the Interest Rate Approval Bill? Will the Government introduce a similar Bill or allow this Bill to pass?

Order of Business (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach publicly gave a commitment regarding banks increasing variable interest rates. He said he would consider introducing legislation to prevent this happening.

Order of Business (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I am asking if the Government will consider-----

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: It would suit the Tánaiste better-----

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Recognising the disastrous impacts of these cuts and tax hikes that the Government has introduced, will the Tánaiste now show some genuine commitment to, and understanding of, the hard-pressed families by scrapping the doubling of the carbon tax introduced today?

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I could not hear the Ceann Comhairle with the heckling.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Sinn Féin does not support, and the Tánaiste should not suggest that we do, the increase in the carbon tax taking effect from today, which the Government introduced in the Finance Bill last year.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: We have provided a series of alternatives to this Government, comprising the Labour Party and Fine Gael, that it has rejected.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste feels it is fit and proper to ask those many thousands of households across the State to pay additional tax on their bale of briquettes, or their bag of coal. The Tánaiste feels it is proper to ask families, whom I have met the length and breadth of this State, struggling to make ends meet, to pay an extra €1.20 on a bag of coal. Over the course of a year, if...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: It is currently at the later stages of signing, sealing and delivering the water tax.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Tánaiste stand up for ordinary people and stop the doubling of carbon tax, which is taking effect under his Government, his leadership, with the full support of the Labour Party today?

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Every bit hurts. That was the advertisement that the Labour Party liked. It delivered it all, every single bit of it.